How is Guar Gum beneficial for Health?

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21/3/2013

Many of us have heard of guar gum applications in commercial industries, but have you ever heard of health benefits of guar gum? Yes, guar gum has good medicinal value and offers various health benefits to the consumer. The Indian cluster bean or guar is an endosperm of the seed derived from the guar plant or Cyamopsis Tetragonolobus. This seed is popularly known by different names across the world like Gomme de guar in French, Guarkernmehl in German, goma guar in Spanish etc and is usually preferred as food additive for its valuable health benefits. Guar gum is a soluble dietary fiber that has been used from the early times as a valuable diet product for a variety of health enhancing needs. Guar gum is economical product and easily accessible substance with plethora of uses in health industry.

The natural guar gum for health when consumed offers several benefits out of which a few are discussed below.

Guar Gum for Constipation

Guar gum has a property of expanding when it comes in contact with liquid and such is good medicinal source to cure constipation problems in an individual. It adds bulk to the stools and therefore can effectively cure constipation and bowel problems. Diarrhea, irritable bowel syndrome are also among the stomach related health problems which can effectively be cured by taking guar gum.

Guar Gum to Lower Cholesterol

Guar gum’s binding property is well known. This binding property of guar gum makes it a useful substance to control the cholesterol levels in the body. Cholesterol with its binding property can effectively bind the cholesterol in the digestive tract and therefore can prevents it from being absorbed in the body.

Guar Gum for Diabetes

Intake of guar gum can regulate blood sugar levels in the human body and therefore is often advised to be taken by the diabetics for managing their body sugar levels. Insulin is the hormone in human body which is responsible for reducing blood-sugar levels and guar gum can enhance the production of insulin in body and therefore can reduce diabetes.

Guar Gum for Weight Loss

Guar gum is taken as an essential dietary supplement by those seeking to reduce weight because consumption of guar gum gives a feeling of fullness and reduces hunger. It prevents the absorption of fat from the dietary food in the body and therefore helps in reduction of weight easily and rapidly.

Visit - http://www.agrogums.com/guar-gum-global-market/ to learn various names by which guar gum is known in different languages across the world.

Conclusion

Therefore guar gum offers number of health benefits and hence consumed by the individuals for treatment of health problems like diabetes, cholesterol, obesity and constipation.

This article educates reader about health benefits of gaur gum.

This article has been written by Biren Patel working at Agro Gums. Agro Gums is a guar and cassia gum manufacturing company offering high quality guar gum powder, fast hydration guar gum powder, cassia powder, guar splits and guar meal to satisfy the production requirements of various industries across the world.